GLC Tournament Meta

How each Pokémon type is doing in Gym Leader Challenge

Gym Leader Challenge is a singleton format. You get one copy of each card (basic Energy's the exception), every Pokémon has to share a type, and there are no Rule Box cards or ACE SPECs. It plays from Black & White onwards with its own short ban list. Full rules · Ban list

GLC events are small and every deck commits to one type, so we track the field by type rather than by named deck. Two Psychic lists can play nothing alike, so read each type's popular cards as what that type tends to run, not as one deck. Weakness matters more here than anywhere else, because it usually hits every Pokémon you've got.

Based on 614 decklists from 106 online events, Apr 11, 2026 to Oct 5, 2026. Tournament data from Limitless.

Psychic137 lists

21.7%

of the field

Average record: 57% wins
Usually weak to: Darkness(6.3% of the field)

Popular in Psychic lists

Buddy-Buddy Poffin99%
Fog Crystal99%
Telepathic Psychic Energy97%
Guzma96%
VS Seeker96%
Poké Pad96%
Arven94%
Lillie's Determination94%
Hisuian Heavy Ball94%
Night Stretcher94%

Colorless104 lists

17.2%

of the field

Average record: 57% wins
Usually weak to: Fighting(12.5% of the field)

Popular in Colorless lists

Fan Rotom100%
Poké Pad100%
Guzma99%
VS Seeker99%
Rescue Stretcher98%
Buddy-Buddy Poffin97%
Hisuian Heavy Ball97%
Capture Energy96%
Quick Ball94%
Guzma & Hala91%

Water85 lists

13.9%

of the field

Average record: 47.1% wins
Usually weak to: Lightning(5.5% of the field)

Popular in Water lists

Irida99%
Drizzile98%
Dive Ball98%
Hisuian Heavy Ball98%
Lillie's Determination95%
Level Ball95%
Poké Pad95%
Buddy-Buddy Poffin94%
Float Stone94%
Guzma93%

Fighting78 lists

12.5%

of the field

Average record: 55.6% wins
Usually weak to: Mixed

Popular in Fighting lists

Solrock99%
Lunatone99%
Fighting Gong96%
Hisuian Heavy Ball95%
Night Stretcher95%
Nest Ball94%
Brooklet Hill94%
Float Stone92%
Guzma91%
VS Seeker91%

Dragon38 lists

6.6%

of the field

Average record: 54% wins
Usually weak to: Mixed

Popular in Dragon lists

Guzma100%
Nest Ball100%
Stormy Mountains100%
Double Dragon Energy100%
Colress's Tenacity97%
Crispin97%
Guzma & Hala97%
Raihan97%
Poké Pad97%
VS Seeker97%

Darkness39 lists

6.3%

of the field

Average record: 47.7% wins
Usually weak to: Mixed

Popular in Darkness lists

Guzma100%
Buddy-Buddy Poffin100%
Hiding Darkness Energy100%
Liepard97%
VS Seeker97%
Nest Ball97%
Evolution Incense95%
Poké Pad95%
Guzma & Hala92%
Lillie's Determination92%

Lightning30 lists

5.5%

of the field

Average record: 44.4% wins
Usually weak to: Fighting(12.5% of the field)

Popular in Lightning lists

Buddy-Buddy Poffin100%
Zebstrika97%
Guzma97%
Hex Maniac97%
Iono97%
Field Blower97%
Hisuian Heavy Ball97%
VS Seeker97%
Stormy Mountains97%
Poké Pad97%

Grass36 lists

5.5%

of the field

Average record: 56.2% wins
Usually weak to: Fire(5.3% of the field)

Popular in Grass lists

Lillie's Determination100%
Buddy-Buddy Poffin100%
Forest of Vitality100%
Poké Pad94%
Hisuian Heavy Ball92%
Revitalizer92%
Grotle89%
Level Ball86%
Torterra83%
Ultra Ball83%

Fire33 lists

5.3%

of the field

Average record: 40.7% wins
Usually weak to: Water(13.9% of the field)

Popular in Fire lists

Lillie's Determination100%
Poké Pad97%
Guzma91%
Hisuian Heavy Ball91%
Nest Ball91%
Rescue Stretcher91%
Float Stone91%
Arven88%
VS Seeker88%
Buddy-Buddy Poffin85%

Metal31 lists

5.1%

of the field

Average record: 56% wins
Usually weak to: Fire(5.3% of the field)

Popular in Metal lists

Guzma100%
Hisuian Heavy Ball100%
Metal Saucer100%
Nest Ball100%
VS Seeker100%
Float Stone100%
Revavroom97%
Buddy-Buddy Poffin97%
Evolution Incense97%
Field Blower97%

Fairy3 listsSmall sample

0.6%

of the field

Average record: 35.6% wins
Usually weak to: Metal(5.1% of the field)

Popular in Fairy lists

Xerneas100%
Diantha100%
Guzma100%
Arven100%
VS Seeker100%
Hisuian Heavy Ball100%
Nest Ball100%
Level Ball100%
Buddy-Buddy Poffin100%
Field Blower100%

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